The most reliable way to book a table using the Google Assistant with Duplex is by invoking Google Assistant on a Pixel phone and saying “Book a table for four people at [restaurant name] tomorrow night,” “Hey Google, make a restaurant reservation,” or “Hey Google, reserve a table.” For example: “Make a restaurant reservation in Manhattan.” Those utterances spring up a list of options that can be refined by cuisine (e.g., Thai, Chinese, barbecue, American).

Selecting a restaurant — either by saying its name or by tapping on it — brings you to the next step in the Duplex-powered reservation flow. Alternatively, you can look up a specific restaurant first, and if the option shows up, tap “Request a table there.”